Hi Garry.

>> If I delete a record and pack the table, everything vanishes from the grid. <<

This is because packing the grid's RecordSource closes it. The grid has a nervous beakdown when you rip its RecordSource out from under it.

I see that Barbara already gave to the trick of setting the grid's RecordSource to an empty string before packing the table. Just be aware that when you re-connect the grid to its original recordSource, the grid gets rebuilt from scratch; i.e., column widths, fonts, ad nauseum all go back to their default values and the Column controlSources get reset.

Marcia